Which of the following is true of the assumptions made by early personality theorists?
a. Personality theories were valid for all people, regardless of gender and race.
b. Siblings growing up together had highly identical personality types.
c. Social and environmental forces do not have any effect on shaping personality.
d. A person's ethnic background largely influences his or her personality.
ANS: A
FEEDBACK: The personality theorists confidently offered theories that were supposed to be valid for all people, regardless of gender, race, or ethnic origin. Although the theorists accepted, to some degree, the importance of social and environmental forces in shaping personality, they tended to ignore or
You might also like to view...
In terms of visual development, newborns
possess 20/20 vision. are legally blind. have binocular vision. exhibit organized visual scanning.
Arturo does not have a piece of paper or a pen to write down his friend's telephone number, so he repeats
the number over and over until he is able to get to the telephone and dial his friend's number. This is an example of a. cognitive elaboration. c. keyword strategy. b. autobiographical memory. d. rehearsal.